Harvester attachment for raising and saving down grain.



PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

' w. M. WADLEIGH. v HARVESTER ATTACHMENT FOR RAISING AND SAVING DOWNGRAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

Patented June 28, 1904;

PATENT OFFICE.

" WILLIAM M. VVADLEIGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HARVESTEFl ATTACHMENT FOR RAISING AND SAVING DOWN GRAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,447, dated June 28,1904.

Application filed July 25, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, VVILLIAM M. VVADLEIGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HarvesterAttachments for Raising and Saving Down Grain, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to harvesters, reapers, and other machines forcutting grains, seedgrasses, and other crops, and more particularly forattachments thereto for raising and saving down grain.

My present invention is an improvement upon the grain raising and savingattachments for harvesters heretofore patented to me in Letters PatentNos. 607,099 and 607,100, both of July 12, 1898, and No. 733,442, ofJuly 14, 1903; and the object of this invention or improvement is toprovide means for facilitating the attachment of my elevating-guards tothe harvester and at the same time to enable the dip or downwardinclination of the supporting-arms of my elevating-guards to be variedor adjusted from time to time at the will of the operator or driver ofthe harvester, as the different conditions of grain may require indifferent portions of the field.

My invention consists in the means I employ to practically accomplishthis object or result that is to say, it consists in combination withthe finger-bar and finger-guards of a harvester of journal-blockssecured to the finger-bar and finger-guards beneath the same, a rockingbar or shaft mounted in said journal-blocks, a series ofelevating-guardshaving each an elevating-arm and a lower or supportingarm secured to said rocking bar or shaft and provided with a slot orsocket to receive the finger-guard, and an operating-lever andconnections to enable the operator or driver to vary or adjust the dipor downward inclination of the elevating-guards or their supporting-armsas occasion may require.

My invention also consists in the novel construction of parts anddevices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shownor described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a Serial No. 166,948. (No model.)

part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly invertical section, of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detailelevation of one of the elevating-guards, showing the rocking bar orshaft to which it is attached in crosssection. Fig. 3 is a detail planview showing a portion of the fingerbar with finger-guards andelevating-guards attached. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail vertical sectionthrough one of the elevatingguards. Fig. 51s a detail vertical sectionadjacent to the end finger-guard and showing one of the journal-blocks.Fig. 6 is a detail rear elevation showing a portion of the fingerbar anda portion of the rockingbar or shaft to which the elevating-guards areattached. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of thejournal-blocks, and Fig. 8 is a detail per spective view of thenut-lock.

1n the drawings, Arepresents a portion of the framework of agrain-binding harvester or like machine, A the operators or driversseat, and A the elevator.

B is the sickle-bar; Z), the sickle-blades.

C is thefingerbar, D the ordinary fingerguards in'which the sicklereciprocates, and F F are my elevating-guards, the same being preferablyapplied to each alternate fingerguard on the finger-bar, although agreater or less number may be used. The lower or supporting arms F ofeach elevating-guard are rigidly secured to a rocking bar or shaft G,whichextends underneath the finger-bar and finger-guards and isjournaled or mounted to rock or turn in journal-blocks H, which aresecured by bolts it beneath the finger-bar and finger-guards, one ateach end of the finger-bar, and also one or more intermediate ones, ifdesired. Each of the elevating-guards comprises a lower or supportingarm F and a pivotal and adjustable elevating-arm F. The lower orsupporting arm F is provided with an upper vertical slot or socket f toreceive the point or nose of the finger-guard D and permit theelevating-guard to be vibrated up or down, as may be required, and it isalso provided with a socket f preferably square or rectangular, toreceive and secure the same to the rocklng bar or shaft G, which ispreferably square or rectangular in cross-section.

nections between the same and said operatingarm, and a pawl and ratchetfor holding the operating-lever in position, substantially as specified.

5. In a harvester, the combination with a finger-bar and finger-guards,of journal-blocks removably secured to the finger-bar underneath thesame, a rocking bar mounted to turn in said journal-blocks, a series ofelevatingguards having each an elevating-arm and a supporting-armrigidly attached to said rocking bar and provided with a slot or socketto receive the finger-guard, an operating-arm on the rocking bar, anoperating-lever and connections between the same and said operatingarm,said elevating-arms of the elevatingguards being pivotally connected totheir supporting-arms and provided with lock-bolts engaging notched ribson the supporting-arms, substantially as specified.

6. In a harvester, the combination with a finger-bar, of journal-blocksrernovably secured thereto underneath the same, a rocking bar mounted toturn in said journal-blocks, a series of elevating-guards having each anelevating-arm and a supporting-arm rigidly attached to said rocking bar,an operating-arm on the rocking bar, and an operating-lever andconnections between the same and said operating-arm, each of saidsupporting-arms having a vertical slot or socket to receive the point ornose of a finger-guard, substantially as specified.

7. In a harvester, the combination with a finger-bar and finger-guards,of journal-blocks removably secured to the finger-bar underneath thesame, a rocking bar mounted to turn in said journal-blocks, a series ofelevatingguards having each an elevating-arm and a supporting-armrigidly attached to said rocking bar and provided with a slot or socketto receive the finger-guard, an operating-arm on the rocking bar and anoperating-lever and connections between the same and said operating-arm,said supporting-arm of each elevating-guard being provided with a socketf having a clamping-strip f to embrace said rocking bar, and aclampboltfsubstantially as specified.

8. In a harvester, the combination with a finger-bar and finger-guards,of journal-blocks removably secured to the finger-bar underneath thesame, a rocking bar mounted to turn in said journal-blocks, a series ofelevatingguards having each an elevating-arm and a supporting-armrigidly attached to said rocking bar and provided with a slot or. socketto receive the finger-guard, an operating-arm on the rocking bar and anoperating lever and connections between the same and said operating-arm,said supporting-arm of each elevating-guard having a shoulder f 12 andbeing provided with a socket f having a clampingstrip f 2 to embracesaid rocking bar, a clampbolt f and a nut-lock f 15 having a folded endf abutting againstsaid shoulder f on the supporting arm, and a free endabutting against the head of said bolt f 5 to prevent its turning,substantially as specified.

WILLIAM M. VVADLEIGH.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, WILLIAM A. GEIGER.

